Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mauritania

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Mauritania was 68.48 years. A difference of +0.2 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Mauritania were 66.5 years and 70.48 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Mauritania for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mauritania (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Mauritania (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	43.61	42.73	44.52
1961	44.31	43.36	45.28
1962	45.05	44.08	46.04
1963	45.79	44.72	46.89
1964	46.58	45.43	47.76
1965	47.36	46.15	48.6
1966	48.14	46.87	49.43
1967	48.89	47.56	50.25
1968	49.51	47.97	51.09
1969	50.09	48.49	51.73
1970	50.54	48.97	52.17
1971	50.76	49.19	52.37
1972	51.04	49.47	52.65
1973	51.22	49.67	52.81
1974	51.43	49.79	53.12
1975	51.57	49.78	53.41
1976	51.77	49.94	53.66
1977	52	50.15	53.91
1978	52.35	50.55	54.2
1979	52.76	50.95	54.62
1980	53.2	51.45	54.99
1981	53.68	51.95	55.45
1982	54.23	52.51	55.98
1983	54.58	52.82	56.37
1984	55.2	53.48	56.93
1985	55.81	54.14	57.5
1986	56.32	54.7	57.96
1987	56.96	55.34	58.6
1988	57.48	55.9	59.07
1989	57.7	56.12	59.28
1990	58.09	56.59	59.58
1991	58.29	56.82	59.75
1992	58.57	57.08	60.05
1993	58.73	57.28	60.18
1994	58.76	57.29	60.23
1995	58.86	57.39	60.32
1996	58.92	57.43	60.39
1997	59.42	57.84	60.99
1998	59.89	58.13	61.66
1999	60.44	58.68	62.21
2000	61.04	59.25	62.83
2001	61.66	59.79	63.53
2002	62.25	60.32	64.17
2003	62.81	60.78	64.82
2004	63.37	61.36	65.36
2005	63.92	61.8	66.02
2006	64.49	62.33	66.62
2007	64.89	62.68	67.06
2008	65.23	62.98	67.44
2009	65.49	63.24	67.73
2010	65.66	63.49	67.88
2011	65.75	63.59	68.01
2012	65.81	63.74	68
2013	65.89	63.85	68.09
2014	66.21	64.22	68.33
2015	66.5	64.56	68.56
2016	66.82	64.97	68.77
2017	67.09	65.3	68.95
2018	67.42	65.64	69.26
2019	67.64	65.82	69.52
2020	66.79	64.8	68.9
2021	66.76	64.88	68.69
2022	68.28	66.33	70.26
2023	68.48	66.5	70.48